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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Meet Fanny. The regularity with which Merrick racks up hits goads critics and competitors to talk of "mass production" and "supermarketeering." But his "packages" (Merrick's own ad-speak) invariably contain the best that money can option, and he is an excellent judge of show material. His only criterion for picking a show, he says, is entertainment value; yet he is capable of producing a drama such as Becket, whose expense is as high as its quality and whose entertainment is largely cerebral. Such sleaziness as Suzie Wong and such vulgar overproductions as Gypsy are balanced, surprisingly often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Hot Dice | 1/27/1961 | See Source »

Quality Not Criterion...

Author: By Allan Katz, | Title: Hollywood Star Attacks CRIMSON For Award Given by LAMPOON | 1/25/1961 | See Source »

Jack Winter '62, President of the Lampoon, admitted that the quality of an actor's performance was not the final criterion in making the awards. "Actually, what we want is publicity. We're willing to give it to any big name actor who will come up here to accept...

Author: By Allan Katz, | Title: Hollywood Star Attacks CRIMSON For Award Given by LAMPOON | 1/25/1961 | See Source »

After their applications have been read, students will be interviewed by a committee of PBH students, admissions officials, and possibly members of the faculty, Goldmark said. He called the interview "the most important criterion for acceptance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Project Africa' Forms Prepared | 1/11/1961 | See Source »

Make It Exciting. Principal Brown, 43, went on to revamp everything else at Melbourne. Most notably, he did away with ranking students from freshman to senior. Whatever their ages, youngsters pursue any course they can handle. Scores on aptitude and IQ tests are largely ignored. "Achievement alone is the criterion for placement," says Brown. "A student can conceivably pursue college calculus while taking a remedial English course at the fourth-grade level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Lively High | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

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